Improvement in horse hat-fores



Lener-8 2mm No. v77',299,. zamz April 28, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN 'HORSBHAY-'ronns TO ALL 'WHO-MIT MAY CONCERN:

. Be it known thatlI, H. COLLINS MAPES, of Rush-ville, in they county ofOntario, and State of New York, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Horse 'Hay-Elevators; ,Va-nd I do'hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the-same, referencebeing had to theaccohxpanying drawings,- making a portion'ofthis-specification, in which Figure 1 is 'a side view of a hay-elevatoror fork constructed according to my invention, showing the same in aclosed condition, as when raising the hay. l

Figure Q is a side viewof the saine in an open condition, preparatory tobeing loaded with the'hay to be raised. I f

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts 4inboth-figures.

The object of this invention is to provide a horse-fork which will besimple,strong,"and durable in con struction, and whi'cln'furtherinore,may not only bevery conveniently 'handled when in usc, but which willalso h'old the hay, whileraisi'ng the saine, with verf-great tenacity;the invention consisting in anovel arrangement of parte, whereby theclesiredobject is efectuallysecured. i i

To enable others to understand the construction and operation of tnyinvention, I will proceed to describe it with-reference tothe drawings'.i A v I 1 The tincs of the fork areidicated at a, and are united attheir renner in norends to a suitable'handle, b, in -any appropriatemanner, and preferably strengthened by -a transverse brace or bar, e,situated at a little distance forward ofthe junction ofthe tineswithvthc handle. Pivoted to the outermost tines is a bail, d, the upper'part, a', of whichmay he formed into `a kind of bar, having an eye, 6',in its upper end, in which Ais secured the end of the draught-rope e,and which is also furnished with a longitudinal-slot, at or about thepoint indicated 'at c in, tho drawings, through whichpasses a curvedclamping-tinej', which is pivoted to thehandle b'bya pivot,ve, andextends forwardover the tines a in the manner represented in thefigures. v

Pivotod Yto;t'ne upperpart ofthe bara'of the hail d is anel'bow-shaped'catch, y, which has attached to its upper `e.\:tr emity a tripping-cord,passing overa pulley, m, placed in a Asuitable slot or recess in thebaixa',

just-mentioned, and-thence downward to thehand of the 'operator orattendan'twhenthe fork is used. I The'uppcr side of' .theclamping-tine'is provided with one or-more notches, f', insuch a waythat when the "bailispushed forward,pan'd the catch-g is fitted" intoone' of the notches f', the aforesaid clamping-tine willa'ct as a braceto hold the tines a rigid, with rcferenceto the bail dgfat the same timethat the said clamping-tine is j'rnly. held down,-atp.aV greater'orles'sdistance from the tines a, over which it extends, according' asthe notch into which the c :a'telrg` isfitted'is'situated :it a 'greateror less distance from the forward-'end of the-`c1ainping.tine. .Innsingthe fork, it is taken in the' open condition, show n in i'g.r2,-and the tines,a, thereof arethrustinto the hay, straw, oisuch likelmaterialtojbe elevated, whereupon the bail dfis pushed forward, and thecatch 'gis vfitted into on'e oi' the notches f, hereinbeforefully setlforth, ther ebyizlampingr the hay upon the fork snugly between the tinesa and clamping-tinef, andoiinly and securely holding thesaniewhilebeing'iraised'pby the usual appliancesoperatingthe 'draughtqoper Whenthev fork -witli'its load'is raised tothe desiredheight, thetripping-cord z'is pulled, which, yby'bringiug'` the catch out ofthe-'notch in the clamping-tine,allows the weight ofv the load aforesaidto tiltjthetnes a,fan'd be discharged therefroin,'tl1 forkibeingthusbrought into the open lcondition shown in iig; v2,' preparatory to arepetition of the loadingand elevatingeoperations.

If desired, a sp1-infr my'be so applied tothe catch g asl to pressthesamey down upon the'clamping-tin, in

order to facilitate the'action thereofirr-holdingl thesaid tine.

i What claim'as my invention, and desire. to secure by ALetters Patent,is-.

The catch gend the clampingtinef, formed with notches farranged inrelation with each other,a n'd with the bail d, tines a, and handle b,substantially as and'for the purpose specified. n V A Y .f u f n.vCOLLINS MAPEs.: Witnesses.: l

JOHN Saran, JOHN 'C.- TnoMAs; v

